This just happened a few hours ago. I am an animal lover, and it breaks my heart to post this. But, we need some opinions on how to proceed.
We live on in a VERY rural area where the only vehicles on our road are UPS/FedEx/USPS or the two families that live on our mile long street.
My neighbor's dogs are often roaming the hundreds of acres of woods along our road and none of us mind. They're not aggressive, but they do like to chase vehicles (4-wheelers, mailman, etc).
In this case, two of his dogs gave pursuit - with one running in front of the van. The van didn't slow, or try to go around the dog. Instead, it kept moving (maybe even accelerating) until finally the Shepard-mix got under the front passenger wheel. The van rocked like it drove over a log.
The dog sat on the side of the road, eventually belly crawling to the other side just as another neighbor came to visit. He saw the dog, and called the posse. We rushed it to the closest animal hospital (over an hour away). The dog was in terrible shape, bleeding badly, and tongue/gums nearly white. We didn't think it would make it to the vet. It did, and after the initial x-rays, it has a shattered pelvis, broken spine (at the base of the tail - so it will be incontinent), possible ruptured bladder. Probably $5k.
We have not contacted FedEx yet. I did speak with my mail carrier who said if it was in the road, carriers will not be liable.
I suspect if we reach out to FedEx and provide them with a copy of the video, and an opportunity to pay for the vet bills, they may choose that route vs. releasing a copy to the local media with the headline that FedEx callously drives off after seemingly intentionally running over a family pet.
VIDEO REMOVED FOR NOW
We live on in a VERY rural area where the only vehicles on our road are UPS/FedEx/USPS or the two families that live on our mile long street.
My neighbor's dogs are often roaming the hundreds of acres of woods along our road and none of us mind. They're not aggressive, but they do like to chase vehicles (4-wheelers, mailman, etc).
In this case, two of his dogs gave pursuit - with one running in front of the van. The van didn't slow, or try to go around the dog. Instead, it kept moving (maybe even accelerating) until finally the Shepard-mix got under the front passenger wheel. The van rocked like it drove over a log.
The dog sat on the side of the road, eventually belly crawling to the other side just as another neighbor came to visit. He saw the dog, and called the posse. We rushed it to the closest animal hospital (over an hour away). The dog was in terrible shape, bleeding badly, and tongue/gums nearly white. We didn't think it would make it to the vet. It did, and after the initial x-rays, it has a shattered pelvis, broken spine (at the base of the tail - so it will be incontinent), possible ruptured bladder. Probably $5k.
We have not contacted FedEx yet. I did speak with my mail carrier who said if it was in the road, carriers will not be liable.
I suspect if we reach out to FedEx and provide them with a copy of the video, and an opportunity to pay for the vet bills, they may choose that route vs. releasing a copy to the local media with the headline that FedEx callously drives off after seemingly intentionally running over a family pet.
VIDEO REMOVED FOR NOW
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